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Arthur S. Allen collection, 1900-1940
7.5 linear feet (18 boxes)- Abstract Or Scope
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A collection of 850 booklets, leaflets, brochures and pamphlets illustrating American commercial typography from 1900 to 1940.
Comic Art collection, circa 1884-2016
16 linear feet (1 half size manuscript box (letter), 1 tall manuscript box (legal), 1 flat box (15x19), 4 flat boxes (21x25), 5 mapcase folders)- Abstract Or Scope
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A teaching collection of original comic art, much of which sheds light on various historical styles or techniques. Accompanied by several comic books. Materials includes daily newspaper strip art, Sunday newspaper strip art, single-panel cartoons, comic book pages, and related comics material, such as printing plates and ephemera.
Comic Art collection, circa 1884-2016 16 linear feet (1 half size manuscript box (letter), 1 tall manuscript box (legal), 1 flat box (15x19), 4 flat boxes (21x25), 5 mapcase folders)
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- Green, Karen, 1958-
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A teaching collection of original comic art, much of which sheds light on various historical styles or techniques. Accompanied by several comic books. Materials includes daily newspaper strip art, Sunday newspaper strip art, single-panel cartoons, comic book pages, and related comics material, such as printing plates and ephemera.
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Fly papers, 1965-2023, bulk 1990-2012
70 Linear Feet (68 manuscript boxes, 4 tall manuscript boxes, 3 index card boxes, 3 photo boxes, 2 CD boxes, 1 Vinyl box, 4 audiocassette boxes, 8 OS boxes (14x18), 3 OS boxes (21x25), 4 mapcase folders, 10 record cartons)- Abstract Or Scope
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Professional and personal papers of Fly, a comic artist, textile artist, "crust punk," musician, feminist, squatter, illustrator, muralist, chronicler, teacher, and community activist. The papers include comics, zines, illustrations, original art, journals, sketchbooks, ephemera, production materials, printed materials, photographs, and audio and video recordings which documented Fly's personal life and artistic career highlighting the history of New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood and the counterculture scenes from the 1990s and beyond.
Fly papers, 1965-2023, bulk 1990-2012 70 Linear Feet (68 manuscript boxes, 4 tall manuscript boxes, 3 index card boxes, 3 photo boxes, 2 CD boxes, 1 Vinyl box, 4 audiocassette boxes, 8 OS boxes (14x18), 3 OS boxes (21x25), 4 mapcase folders, 10 record cartons)
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- Fly, 1963-
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Professional and personal papers of Fly, a comic artist, textile artist, "crust punk," musician, feminist, squatter, illustrator, muralist, chronicler, teacher, and community activist. The papers include comics, zines, illustrations, original art, journals, sketchbooks, ephemera, production materials, printed materials, photographs, and audio and video recordings which documented Fly's personal life and artistic career highlighting the history of New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood and the counterculture scenes from the 1990s and beyond.
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Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers, 1894-1944, bulk 1894-1930
2,184 architectural drawings 173 drawings- Abstract Or Scope
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Harold Van Buren Magonigle was a New York-based architect, graphic designer, painter and sculptor. Magonigle married artist Edith Marion Day in 1900. Edith Magonigle was a painter and muralist who served as President of the Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Edith was a primary collaborator of Harold Van Buren Magonigle in both the decoration and creation of buildings designed by his practice. He was widely known as an architect of memorial structures including the Firemen's Memorial on Riverside Drive and the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Other prominent commissions include the Isaac Guggenheim house in Port Washington, New York and the United States Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers, 1894-1944, bulk 1894-1930 2,184 architectural drawings 173 drawings
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- Magonigle, Harold Van Buren, 1867-1935
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Harold Van Buren Magonigle was a New York-based architect, graphic designer, painter and sculptor. Magonigle married artist Edith Marion Day in 1900. Edith Magonigle was a painter and muralist who served as President of the Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Edith was a primary collaborator of Harold Van Buren Magonigle in both the decoration and creation of buildings designed by his practice. He was widely known as an architect of memorial structures including the Firemen's Memorial on Riverside Drive and the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Other prominent commissions include the Isaac Guggenheim house in Port Washington, New York and the United States Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jaroslav Šváb archive, 1928-1968
5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes and 4 oversize folders)- Abstract Or Scope
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Jaroslav Šváb's collection of his book design and illustration work, a working archive which he assembled throughout his career, containing the bulk of his life's work. The material was largely drawn upon for the illustrated monographJaroslav Šváb, published in 1966, at the time of his first large retrospective exhibition in Prague. Spanning the period 1928 until the late 1960s, the archive contains approximately (650) items, including printing samples and specimens, test printings, alternate variations, publisher's ephemera, and original renderings
Jaroslav Šváb archive, 1928-1968 5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes and 4 oversize folders)
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- Šváb, Jaroslav, 1906-1999
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Jaroslav Šváb's collection of his book design and illustration work, a working archive which he assembled throughout his career, containing the bulk of his life's work. The material was largely drawn upon for the illustrated monographJaroslav Šváb, published in 1966, at the time of his first large retrospective exhibition in Prague. Spanning the period 1928 until the late 1960s, the archive contains approximately (650) items, including printing samples and specimens, test printings, alternate variations, publisher's ephemera, and original renderings
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Louis Silverstein collection, 9999
99 linear feet (33 flat boxes)- Abstract Or Scope
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Graphic designs for newspapers, promotions, magazines, books, and related work by Silverstein. He primarily worked for the New York Times, regional U.S. newspapers, foreign newspapers, and other organizations. Includes correspondence, notes, sample newspaper issues, photographs, and negatives from his consulting projects. Also includes Silverstein's drawings, monoprints, and other artwork.
Louis Silverstein collection, 9999 99 linear feet (33 flat boxes)
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- Silverstein, Louis
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Graphic designs for newspapers, promotions, magazines, books, and related work by Silverstein. He primarily worked for the New York Times, regional U.S. newspapers, foreign newspapers, and other organizations. Includes correspondence, notes, sample newspaper issues, photographs, and negatives from his consulting projects. Also includes Silverstein's drawings, monoprints, and other artwork.
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Sam Schaefler bookplate collection, 1580-1800
25 linear feet (149 slipcases 1 frame)- Abstract Or Scope
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The collection consists of several sub-divisions, such as bookplates with a printed date (over 300 bookplates, 1587-1800), ecclesiastical bookplates of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a large group relating to Cambridge and Oxford Universities (mostly 18th century). Well represented are bookplates of libraries, starting with a German bookplate, ca. 1580. Among the library bookplates of some significance are large dated German bookplates of the Royal Library, Munich, the earliest being dated 1614, the bookplate of the medical library, Frankfort, 1676, representing the view of a 17th century library, and a large collection of early American library bookplates.
Sam Schaefler bookplate collection, 1580-1800 25 linear feet (149 slipcases 1 frame)
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- Schaefler, Sam, 1920-
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The collection consists of several sub-divisions, such as bookplates with a printed date (over 300 bookplates, 1587-1800), ecclesiastical bookplates of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a large group relating to Cambridge and Oxford Universities (mostly 18th century). Well represented are bookplates of libraries, starting with a German bookplate, ca. 1580. Among the library bookplates of some significance are large dated German bookplates of the Royal Library, Munich, the earliest being dated 1614, the bookplate of the medical library, Frankfort, 1676, representing the view of a 17th century library, and a large collection of early American library bookplates.
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Sara Eugenia Blake Bookplate Collection, circa 1750-1950
15.5 linear feet (38 slipcases, 5 boxes)- Abstract Or Scope
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A collection of bookplates assembled by the bookplate designer and collector Sara Eugenia Blake (1886-1973). The collection also includes correspondence and greeting cards received by Blake in the course of her collecting activities, as well as books and pamphlets relating to the collecting of "ex libris" art.
Sara Eugenia Blake Bookplate Collection, circa 1750-1950 15.5 linear feet (38 slipcases, 5 boxes)
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- Blake, Sara Eugenia, 1886-1973
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A collection of bookplates assembled by the bookplate designer and collector Sara Eugenia Blake (1886-1973). The collection also includes correspondence and greeting cards received by Blake in the course of her collecting activities, as well as books and pamphlets relating to the collecting of "ex libris" art.
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